loven

• IPA^(key):

loven

1. masculine singular passive participle of lovit

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːˀvən/, , ,

loven

1. definite singular of lov

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: lo‧ven
• Rhymes: -oːvən
• Homophone: Loven

From Middle Dutch loven, from Old Dutch lovon (“to praise, to sing psalms”), from Proto-West Germanic *lobōn, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.

loven

1. (transitive) to praise

• beloven
• geloven
• verloven

• lof

• Negerhollands: loov

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

loven

1. plural of loof

loven

1. genitive singular of lovi

• levon, velon

From Old Dutch lovon (“to praise”).

lōven

1. to praise

• Dutch: loven
• Afrikaans: loof, lowe

Inherited from Old English lufian, from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn; equivalent to love (“love”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• lofe, love, lovye, lovyen, lowen, lufe, lufen, luffe, luve
• loviȝe, lovin, lufian, lufiæn, lufiȝe, lufiȝen, luvan, luven, luvie, luvien, luviȝe, luviȝen, luvyen (Early Middle English)
• lufenn (Ormulum)

• IPA^(key): /ˈluvən/, /ˈloːvən/

loven (third-person singular simple present loveth, present participle lovende, lovynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle loved)

1. To love; to have affection (for someone or something):
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 3:16, page 44v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ffoꝛ god lovyde ſo þe woꝛld .· þat he ȝaf his oon bigeten ſone / þat ech man þ bileueþ in h periſſhe not .· but haue euerlaſtynge lijf

     Because God loved the world so much, he gave his own begotten son, so anyone that believes in him won't perish, but has everlasting life.

   1. To have a strong preference or liking (for something).
   2. To obey or follow a deity.
   3. To be faithful to a ruler or superior.
   4. To feel romantic or sexual love (towards someone).
2. To derive enjoyment or pleasure (from something).
3. To want or crave; to have a wish for.
4. (euphemistic) To make love; to have sexual intercourse with.
5. (rare) To function well; to flourish.

• English: love
• Scots: luve

• “lǒven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Old English lofian, from Proto-West Germanic *lobōn, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną; equivalent to lof (“praise”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• love, lovon, lowe
• lovien, luve, luvie, luvien (Early Middle English)
• lofenn (Ormulum)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːvən/, /ˈlɒːvən/, /ˈlɔvən/
• (influenced by Etymology 1) IPA^(key): /ˈluvən/, /ˈloːvən/

loven (third-person singular simple present loveth, present participle lovende, lovynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle loved)

1. To praise, glorify; to give praise to:
   1. To reverence or worship a deity.
   2. To assent to or approve of; to deem acceptable.
2. To valuate; to make an appraisal or valuation.

• English: lofe, loff, loave, love
• Middle Scots: love
  • Scots: loave

• “lǒven, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

loven m sg

1. definite masculine singular of lov

• lova f sg

loven m sg

1. definite masculine singular of lov

loven

1. definite singular of lov (“round”)
2. definite plural of lov (“holiday”)
3. definite singular of love (“wrist”)